The Mysteries of St. Clair; Or, Mariette Mouline ...Jacques, 1824 - 624 pages |
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... death of her husband , and the loss of her son ? " To which the youthful page replied , — " Oh , it was passing strange , and , indeed , most won- derful , to see the lady , calm and undismayed , even in that fearful hour which makes ...
... death of her husband , and the loss of her son ? " To which the youthful page replied , — " Oh , it was passing strange , and , indeed , most won- derful , to see the lady , calm and undismayed , even in that fearful hour which makes ...
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... death , rendered ( as if by design ) conspicuous to the eye of the beholder , on his entrance there . A human skull and hour - glass stood on a marble table , and the book of the Holy Scriptures was placed beneath it ; over which , was ...
... death , rendered ( as if by design ) conspicuous to the eye of the beholder , on his entrance there . A human skull and hour - glass stood on a marble table , and the book of the Holy Scriptures was placed beneath it ; over which , was ...
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... death - like silence for some minutes prevailed , unbroken even by the voice of the whispering wind , till a response was at length mournfully made by the com- panion of the beauteous daughter of Albino , the Lady Augustina ; for that ...
... death - like silence for some minutes prevailed , unbroken even by the voice of the whispering wind , till a response was at length mournfully made by the com- panion of the beauteous daughter of Albino , the Lady Augustina ; for that ...
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... death ! no , nor my dear brother slain ! " " Nor would she weep had she ten thousand sons and gallant husbands slain ! " responded Antoinette . " Some other grief than loss of them has stirred her complex- ion , and made her heaving ...
... death ! no , nor my dear brother slain ! " " Nor would she weep had she ten thousand sons and gallant husbands slain ! " responded Antoinette . " Some other grief than loss of them has stirred her complex- ion , and made her heaving ...
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... death of my noble father , so greatly invested him . Say then , my An- toinette , when trembling before my mother , and she sternly demands to have an ingenuous confession of my secret 48 THE MYSTERIES OF ST . CLAIR ; CHAPTER III. ...
... death of my noble father , so greatly invested him . Say then , my An- toinette , when trembling before my mother , and she sternly demands to have an ingenuous confession of my secret 48 THE MYSTERIES OF ST . CLAIR ; CHAPTER III. ...
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Antoinette arms Augustina battle battlements beauteous beauty behold Bibbo Black Forest Bohemian maid bosom brave burgomasters camp of St Cardinal Benvolio castle of St chamber Clair command conceal convent of Mariette courser cried Sir Walter daughter of Albino death Delfrida dost doth e'er earthly Emperor Josephus exclaimed eyes faithful fate fear feelings Ferdinand foes fortress of St gallant gentle Guillimi hand happiness hath heard heart heaven holy father honour hour human illustrious Julian Lady Margaret Albino Lord Albino Macgreggor maiden Mariette Mouline Michael mighty Morgiana Morna Penritch mortal mother ne'er never Newington Butts o'er Paulini peace perils pious plains of Morna priest replied sherbet sigh Sir Orville Faulkner sister Agnes smiling soldier soul Steevy sword and buckler tears tell thee thou art thou hast thought uttered Sir Walter vassals Vienna virtue virtuous voice vows Walter De Ruthen warrior woman young youth Zosinski
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Page 354 - For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight ; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right: In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end ; And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend.
Page 119 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Page 37 - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Page 520 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 114 - LOCHIEL ! Lochiel, beware of the day When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array ! For a field of the dead rushes red on my sight, And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight...
Page 114 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 517 - From wandering on a foreign strand! If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch...
Page 517 - High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Page 236 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge. And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Page 167 - In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of ocean is deepest in dye ; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine...